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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Broad Street Review: Two 'Much Ados' in London by Toby Zinman

Two delicious and hilarious productions of Much Ado About Nothing are currently playing in London: one at the Globe, where "original practices" rule, and one on the West End, where high prof…

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Two 'Much Ados' in London by Toby Zinman

Two delicious and hilarious productions of Much Ado About Nothing are currently playing in London: one at the Globe, where "original practices" rule, and one on the West End, where high prof…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:23AM[SHARE]

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Taking his bows by Toby Zinman

Forrest McClendon, an actor familiar to Philadelphia audiences, is up for a Tony in the daring but star-crossed "The Scottsboro Boys," coming here in 2012.

SOURCE: Philly.com at 05:12PM[SHARE]

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Time hangs heavy in a moribund play by Toby Zinman

Vigil, by Morris Panych at Lantern Theater, is about a man waiting for an old woman to finally die. He waits and waits; months go by, the seasons change, and still he waits. Watching Vigil I…

SOURCE: Philly.com at 08:34AM[SHARE]

Friday, May 27, 2011

'Miss Saigon': Story of personal and political betrayal by Toby Zinman

Under Bruce Lumpkin's direction, everyone uses big Broadway voices, straining to create lots of passion and intensity but with few genuine emotional moments. What a waste that Jeff Coons and…

SOURCE: Philly.com at 09:12AM[SHARE]

Thursday, May 12, 2011

A one-night stand and its consequences for a couple by Toby Zinman

Scott Organ's one-act, Phoenix, which Flashpoint Theatre Company is presenting at the Adrienne, is a painful sort of romantic comedy of contemporary manners. It's not surprising to learn tha…

SOURCE: Philly.com at 06:17AM[SHARE]

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Sinatra's songs are the stars in 'My Way' by Toby Zinman

More nightclub show than theater, My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra is two hours of pure entertainment. There are no big thoughts to think, no complex plot to follow. Just a slew of…

SOURCE: Philly.com at 10:05AM[SHARE]

Friday, May 6, 2011

Broad Street Review: Kushner's 'Intelligent Homosexual's Guide' in NY by Toby Zinman

Tony (Angels in America) Kushner has done it again with a rich, nourishing stew that clocks in at just less than four hours. Unlike other family dramas Kushner's revolves around serious, int…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:45PM[SHARE]

'Saturn Returns': A maudlin meditation on grief by Toby Zinman

Theatre Exile's Saturn Returns, by Noah Haidle, is a short play about a very long emotion - grief. It's about a man who cannot forget his dead wife and dead daughter, and we watch him endles…

SOURCE: Philly.com at 09:08AM[SHARE]

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Broad Street Review: Sharr White's 'The Other Place' in New York by Toby Zinman

Sharr White's The Other Place by is a terrifying play, illuminated by an astonishing performance by Laurie Metcalf as a middle-aged scientist struggling with dementia.

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Broad Street Review: 'The Motherf**ker With The Hat' on Broadway by Toby Zinman

Stephen Adly Guirgis knows street talk and can write dialogue of astonishingly funny mad-dog ferocity. But somebody has to speak that dialogue onstage, and Chris Rock, the crass standup come…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:10PM[SHARE]

Friday, April 8, 2011

Review: This 'Wanamaker' is bargain basement by Toby Zinman

Wanamaker's Pursuit, a new play by Rogelio Martinez at the Arden Theatre, is the first show of the Paris-themed PIFA (Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts). It is not an auspiciou…

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Saturday, April 2, 2011

At Act II, a grim homesickness for Dublin by Toby Zinman

The Pride of Parnell Street at Act II Playhouse in Ambler is a love story. Like so many Irish plays, it's told in monologues, making it seem more like storytelling than like conventional, di…

SOURCE: Philly.com at 09:41AM[SHARE]

Sunday, March 27, 2011

A hearty sharing of the green by Toby Zinman

With so many Irish plays sprouting this spring on Philadelphia stages, a celebration seemed in order. And, sure enough, a festival was born.

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Friday, March 18, 2011

Lantern Theater offers a rollicking 'Midsummer Night's Dream' by Toby Zinman

Lantern Theater continues its success with Shakespeare by giving us a funny, lusty, rowdy, charming production of A Midsummer Night's Dream directed by Charles McMahon.

SOURCE: Philly.com at 06:08AM[SHARE]

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